Leander Paes [ Images ] and Meghann Shaughnessy fought back from a set down to beat Liezel Huber of USA and Jamie Murray of Britain and storm into the finals of the mixed doubles competition of US Open [ Images ] in New York.

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The Indo-US pair came through a gruelling semi-final encounter to score a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 10-5 win. They set up a clash with Victoria Azarenka [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] of Belarus in the finals.

Azarenka and Mirnyi got the better of Zi Yan of China and Mark Knowles [ Images ] of Bahamas 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the other semi-final.

Meanwhile, Sania Mirza [ Images ] and her partner Bethanie Mattek [ Images ] of US crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung of Chinese Taipei.

Paes will be aiming at his eighth Grand Slam win of his career.

Paes, along with Martin Damm [ Images ], won the men's doubles title here last time, but the Indo-Czech pair was ousted in the very first round this year.

That was Paes's last win in a Grand Slam. He has so far won four men's doubles title - three of which came alongside Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] - and three mixed doubles crown.

His first mixed doubles title came with Lisa Raymond [ Images ] as partner in Wimbledon [ Images ] 1999, and thereafter he won twice with Martina Navratilova in 2003 -- Wimbledon and Australian Open [ Images ].